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Posted on: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Shriver caught on phone while driving


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Video that TMZ says was shot yesterday shows Maria Shriver talking on a phone and driving in Los Angeles.

TMZ via AP

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling out his wife, Maria Shriver, for apparently violating a state law he signed — holding her cell phone while driving.

The celebrity Web site TMZ.com posted two photographs yesterday showing Shriver holding a phone to her ear while she's behind the wheel. It says one was snapped Sunday and the other in July.

It later added a video it said was shot yesterday in Brentwood, where the family lives. It shows Shriver holding a cell phone to her ear while driving a large SUV.

On his Twitter feed yesterday, Schwarzenegger wrote to TMZ.com founder Harvey Levin: "Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention. There's going to be swift action." Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear says that by "swift action," the governor means he'll ask his wife not to hold the phone while driving.

A law that took effect in 2008 requires California drivers to use a handsfree device.

FIRST LADY ALL DOLLED UP AS ACTION FIGURE

Coming soon: a 6-inch plastic doll of Michelle Obama for $12.99, being billed as an "action figure."

Sculptor Jason Feinberg of Brooklyn, N.Y., who's behind the dolls, admits the term "action figure" is used loosely. The first lady, after all, sports nothing more lethal than her trademark sleeveless dresses (and enviable biceps).

Feinberg, founder and president of Jailbreak Toys, says he designed the dolls and they're manufactured in China. The action figure is scheduled to go on sale Nov. 20.

JOHNSON STALKING CASE GOING TO TRIAL

A judge says there's enough evidence against a man accused of stalking Shawn Johnson for the case to go to trial.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Carter made the ruling after concluding a preliminary hearing for Robert O'Ryan, who has been jailed since his arrest in March. Authorities say he trespassed on the lot where "Dancing With the Stars" is taped and tried to contact Johnson. The 17-year-old Olympic gold-medal gymnast won the dancing competition earlier this year.

MANILOW DONATES VIOLINS TO SCHOOLS

Forty-five elementary school students will learn to play the violin thanks to Barry Manilow.

He donated the violins through his Manilow Music Project to students at Hawthorne Elementary in Everett and Tulalip Elementary on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington. The $36,000 donation was made last week.